How do you know those formulas are correct?
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
OK, I’m not really mad at this. I already used Copilot to design a table for me in Excel and it worked really well. It did everything for me, and I just had to copy-paste the formulas into their appropriate spots. If it’s built-in, possibly will work better.
Not everybody needs to be an Excel expert, after all. Having that functionality might be actually beneficial.
Lightfire228@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
percent@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
By verifying that they’re correct…? 🤔
theparadox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think the concern is that you can come up with a number of formulas that will get correct answers for some combinations of values and not others.
If you do not understand the logic of the formula, and what each function does, how do you verify they are correct and will always give you the results you think they will? Double check every result in it’s entirety?
Lightfire228@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
That’s my thinking
If you know what you’re doing, it’s significantly easier to do it yourself
You at least have some reassurance it’s correct (or at least thought through)
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I think you’re completely missing the point here.
I’m not great at Excel. That doesn’t mean I can’t do basic math, it means I struggle designing an
xlookuporhlookup.If AI does that for me, I’ll be a happy bunny. And then run a dozen different iterations of data to verify that the results I’m getting are correct.
This is what this integration is for - it’s not a replacement for a human brain, it’s an assistant. As are all LLMs.
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I’m talking about using it when you’re “not great at Excel”, not when “you can’t do basic math”.
Always verify the results given to you by LLMs.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
yes okay dad
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Any time, nutsack.
altphoto@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
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